Yesterday, on a day when the temperature was projected to reach 103, while watching the fourth hearing of the Congressional Jan. 6th probe, an incident from many years ago came into my mind.
We had stopped during a road trip in Northern California at a place advertised as a place for kids to play. My young kids tumbled out of the car and into one of those netted bouncy things with lots of balls.
So did a few other kids. Then a large man, perhaps the father or stepfather or some mother’s boyfriend started throwing the balls at them — violently and without mercy. It was frighteningly dangerous.
My partner, a slender woman of no imposing physical strength stepped in and confronted this man. “What are you doing? You might hurt someone.”
The man retreated and backed down. Afterwards, I asked her “What were you thinking? He could have killed you.”
“I doubt it. He’s just a bully,” she told me.
The people who resist bullies are our true heroes.
Watch the hearings yourself on CSPAN.
TODAY’s LINKS: (6/22/22 — 36 stories from 18 sources)
Supreme Court says Maine cannot exclude religious schools from tuition assistance programs (CNN)
Unseen Trump tapes subpoenaed by House panel investigating Jan. 6 (Politico)
Trump continues to push for single-day, in-person voting in elections — prohibiting mail-in ballots and early voting that 69% of American voters used in 2020. “Ultimately, we want same-day voting — one day — and only paper ballots,” Trump said to cheers at a Nashville convention for “same-day voting.” [HuffPost]
Why parents could be the new swing voters — The state of American education is a growing concern for voting parents this year. (Politico)
The Texas Republican Party is getting blasted for its shocking new platform declaring that “homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice.”
The party’s updated mission statement declares opposition to “all efforts to validate transgender identity” ― and calls for a ban on any gender-affirming medical care, including hormone therapy, for anyone under the age of 21. [HuffPost]
Anarchy is a likelier future for the west than tyranny — The trend of events is not towards strongmen but towards ungovernability (Financial Times)
The Liberals Who Won’t Acknowledge the Crime Problem (Atlantic)
You've likely been affected by climate change. Your long-term finances might be, too (NPR)
How to store more carbon in soil during climate change (Phys.org)
Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking water after days of intense rain. Two provinces in southern China upgraded warnings as floods reached record levels and rivers overflowed their banks. (Reuters)
US pools close, go without lifeguards amid labor shortage (AP)
Hong Kong's Jumbo floating restaurant sinks at sea (CNN)
Weapons Failures Could Disarm Russian Arms Diplomacy (Bloomberg)
AG Merrick Garland visits Ukraine in meeting with top prosecutor leading war crimes inquiry (USA Today)
‘The impossible’: Ukraine’s secret, deadly rescue missions (AP)
Russia summoned the European Union's ambassador in Moscow, fuming over a rail blockade that has halted shipments of many basic goods to a Russian outpost on the Baltic Sea, the latest stand-off over sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine. (Reuters)
How Kaliningrad, Russian territory surrounded by NATO, is tangled in Ukraine war (WP)
Kaliningrad: Russia warns Lithuania of consequences over rail transit blockade (BBC)
Russia’s military machine persevered in its ferocious effort to grind down Ukraine’s defenses as the war’s consequences for food and fuel supplies increasingly weighed on minds around the globe after warnings that the fighting could go on for years. [AP]
Ukrainian deputy prime minister: 1.2 million people forcibly deported to Russia (NHK)
Cryptocurrency tech is vulnerable to tampering, a DARPA analysis finds (NPR)
The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh: Tracing a Bullet to an Israeli Convoy (NYT)
Former journalist Peter Jouvenal among five UK nationals to be released in Afghanistan (CNN)
Afghanistan goes from bad to worse (Washington Examiner)
U.S. works to scale up intelligence networks in Central Asia (WP)
Britain's biggest rail strike in 30 years kicked off as tens of thousands of staff walked out in a dispute over pay and jobs that could pave the way for widespread industrial action across the economy in coming months. Prime Minister Boris Johnson could this week lose two parliamentary seats that once illustrated his broad appeal, showing his declining popularity. (Reuters)
As Latin America swings to the left, the U.S. could take a back seat (WP)
Hubble Captures Incredible Snapshot of a Massive Galaxy Cluster (SciTechDaily)
Texas GOP's new platform says Biden didn't really win. It also calls for secession (NPR)
Darius Lee, a 21-year-old college basketball player, was killed in a mass shooting in New York City early Monday. Nine people in total were shot, police said. [HuffPost]
Don’t swipe, write: Japanese city encourages daters to send love letters (Guardian)
Finance Whiz Predicts The Dow Will Open At 9:30 A.M. Tomorrow (The Onion)
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